Dope Sick
Author: Walter Dean Myers Category: Abuse and Violence, Drugs and Alcohol, Fantasy and Enchantment, High School and (Young) Adult, Life Lessons, Magical Realism, Middle School, Romance Publisher: HarperCollins Language: English Reading Age: High School and (Young) Adult, Middle School More DetailsA powerful novel of drugs, violence—and second chances. Dope Sick, from two-time Newbery Honor winner and five-time Coretta Scott King Award winner Walter Dean Myers, belongs on reading lists beside Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds and Dear Martin by Nic Stone.
A drug deal goes south and a cop has been shot. Lil J’s on the run. And he’s starting to get dope sick. He’d do anything to change the last twenty-four hours, and when he stumbles into an abandoned building, it actually might be possible. . . .
Elements of magical realism intensify this harrowing story about drug use, violence, perceptions of reality, and second chances.
This ALA Quick Pick for Reluctant Young Adult Readers earned multiple starred reviews and was described as “vivid,” “nuanced,” and “intriguing.” Booklist said: “Myers’ narrative strategy is so inherently dramatic that it captures his readers’ attentions and imaginations, inviting not only empathy but also thoughtful discussion.”
Walter Dean Myers was a New York Times bestselling author, Printz Award winner, five-time winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, two-time Newbery Honor recipient, and the National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature. Maria Russo, writing in the New York Times, called Myers “one of the greats and a champion of diversity in children’s books well before the cause got mainstream attention.”
Dope Sick
Written by Walter Dean Myers
Source: Publisher (HarperCollins)
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